The oldest one is 30 million years old, whereas the youngest one is 5,000. They have not always been so well behaved. Previously active for thousands of years, they used to make the earth quake. Layers and projections of lava have forged the landscape and created valleys. Very hard and resistant stone has added a final touch to the wild scenery of forests, fields and moors. It has also influenced the architecture of the village of Saint-Géron, just next to Brioude la Douce, at an altitude of 510 meters.

Brought about by fire and the magic of volcanoes

of

Time

a gift

Vitality drawn from the heart

of the earth

Far from sources of pollution, this landscape has remained exceptional. As always, water from rainfall, storms and melted snow, slowly makes its way through the thousand-year old granite. It ends up several kilometers underground, where it encounters the carbonic gas of the earth’s magma and absorbs minerals only found in the terroir of Saint-Géron. It returns afterwards to the surface, filled with natural bubbles.

The oldest one is 30 million years old, whereas the youngest one is 5,000. They have not always been so well behaved. Previously active for thousands of years, they used to make the earth quake. Layers and projections of lava have forged the landscape and created valleys. Very hard and resistant stone has added a final touch to the wild scenery of forests, fields and moors. It has also influenced the architecture of the village of Saint-Géron, just next to Brioude la Douce, at an altitude of 510 meters.

Vitality drawn from

the heart of the earth

Far from sources of pollution, this landscape has remained exceptional. As always, water from rainfall, storms and melted snow, slowly makes its way through the thousand-year old granite. It ends up several kilometers underground, where it encounters the carbonic gas of the earth’s magma and absorbs minerals only found in the terroir of Saint-Géron. It returns afterwards to the surface, filled with natural bubbles.

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Volcanoes are round,

green and lined up

side by side

in Auvergne.

The oldest one is 30 million years old, whereas the youngest one is 5,000. They have not always been so well behaved. Previously active for thousands of years, they used to make the earth quake. Layers and projections of lava have forged the landscape and created valleys. Very hard and resistant stone has added a final touch to the wild scenery of forests, fields and moors. It has also influenced the architecture of the village of Saint-Géron, just next to Brioude la Douce, at an altitude of 510 meters.

Volcanoes are round, green and lined up side by side in Auvergne.

The oldest one is 30 million years old, whereas the youngest one is 5,000. They have not always been so well behaved. Previously active for thousands of years, they used to make the earth quake. Layers and projections of lava have forged the landscape and created valleys. Very hard and resistant stone has added a final touch to the wild scenery of forests, fields and moors. It has also influenced the architecture of the village of Saint-Géron, just next to Brioude la Douce, at an altitude of 510 meters.